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Jeremy Lin impresses Derek Jeter

The Knicks' Jeremy Lin drives past the Lakers'

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TAMPA, Fla. — Call it another significant advance in the “Lin-nomena” gripping much of New York: The city’s undisputed sporting icon of the last 20 years weighing in on Jeremy Lin.

Or, at least weighing in when asked about the point guard by reporters, itself an achievement given how few people had even heard of Lin two weeks ago.

“I’ve seen some of the highlights,” Jeter said Monday...

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